Welcome

The Wagner Society of Scotland was founded in 1984 under the chairmanship of Derek Watson. After Derek’s retiral in 2013, a new Committee was elected with Dale Bilsland as Chair.

Our aim is to promote the knowledge and appreciation of the life & works of Richard Wagner.

We hold meetings monthly from September to June/July and a residential study course in the summer. Meetings are generally held on Sundays at 7.30pm at the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, 3 Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3BL. See events page for current programme.

The Society is delighted to announce that our Bayreuther Stipendiatin for 2017 is Gillian Slater, a BA Production Arts and Design student in her final year at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Gillian recently assisted Adrian Linford in designing for the opera Agrippina.

Richard Wagner The Years in Exile 1849-1862

This is our third Study Weekend following the path of Wagner's career and creative work. We find him now in Zurich where congenial friends, visitors, and patrons encouraged him during his exile from Germany following involvement in the Dresden revolt of 1849. The Swiss environment, the...Read more